Both community-level indicators fell into the low category for the week ending Jan. 28, with the county reporting a rate of 2.1 per 100,000 new COVID hospitalizations and 3.8% of staffed inpatient beds. reported to have been dominated by COVID patients last week, which was lower than last week’s rates in both categories, at 3.5 and 3.3% per 100,000 respectively.

The number of new cases reported this week (38, or 26.6 per 100,000) was similar to last week’s total (39, or 27.3 per 100,000), but the rate of positive tests fell from 5.3% to 2.9%. .

County residents aged 18 to 24 reported both the highest weekly case rate (37 per 100,000) and positive rate (4.4%).

The hospital admission rate for COVID-like illness was 2.9%, similar to the 3% reported last week. No deaths from the novel coronavirus were reported last week or the week before, and five people were hospitalized with her COVID, down significantly from her seven last week.)

According to TGen’s Arizona COVID-19 Sequencing Dashboard, the omicron subvariant was most commonly found in genomes sequenced last month. Subvariant BQ constitutes 59.76%, XBB constitutes 22.62% of genomes sequenced in Jan, followed by BA.5 (5.71%), other Omicron (3.57%), and BF (2.62%). ) followed. BA.2 and BA.4 each represented 0.48% of the genomes sequenced. The “other” category of genomes accounted for 4.76% of the total in January.

The county reported a total of 10 new flu cases for the second week in a row, continuing the downward trend in case numbers after the start of a higher-than-average flu season. The same is true for RSV, which has dropped from last week’s total of 11 to four this week.

This was the 11th straight week of decline in RSV cases after 105 cases were reported in the week of 19 November.

This week’s flu case total is 77% lower than the average for the past five seasons at this point, and 172% higher than the previous season’s total.

Since the start of the season on October 2, the county has identified a total of 1,159 influenza cases and 599 RSV cases. The majority of RSV cases (55%) have been reported in Flagstaff this season, but Flagstaff reports 33% of the county’s total flu cases, making it “other cities and towns” for flu cases. leads with 44%.

Coconino County has reported a total of 7 cases of mpox since the first mpox occurred this summer. As of January 30, Arizona has reported a total of 589 mpox cases, with 36 hospitalizations and no deaths.

For more information on public health in Coconino County, visit: coconino.az.gov/2124/Health-and-Human-Services.